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SUMMER PORCH PLANTING

Every year in the cold month of February I start dreaming about summer flowers!

My thoughts turn to planting the pots around the porch... a wonderful diversion from the frosty, windy weather outside!

This year's theme and flowers are VERY different than anything I have ever done...

This weekend I planted ENDLESS BLOOM hydrangeas in my newly painted urns. Look for an upcoming post about painting a pot to look aged.

The theme for this year's front porch is SOUTHERN BELLE. I want a porch that bids a big southern welcome to all who visit... even thought I am a northern girl!

Hydranges are my pick for the porch this year!

For some reason these showy old fashioned flowers remind me of the grace of the south!

Endless Beauty is an everblooming hydrangea... it should bloom from spring right through autumn. The flowers can change colors too... from pink to blue. I am keeping my soil a little on the acidic side so the blooms will stay blue. I think blue will look pretty against the Pennsylvania limestone facade of StoneGable.

Hopefully, the plant will fill in the pot and big moppy headed blooms will spill over it...

Right before the first frost I'll take them out of their urns and plant them in the garden. Next spring I can put them back in their urns on the porch... at least that is what our very reliable garden center employee says!

The spring forsythia wreath will be replaced today with a summer wreath with a more southern belle feel!

Oh Yvonne! I LOVE the hydrangea! I put some in my big planter this year and I LOVE the idea of putting them near the door where they can create a lush welcome for friends and family! I'm pinning for my new house! xo

I'm from the South and loving your urns with hydrangeas. Gorgeous! I hadn't thought of putting them in pots. I'm going to try them in my urns next year. Looking forward to your tutorial on how to age pots.

I love the Endless Summer Hydrangea. I have three.Keep them out of the bright southern exposure on hot days.I have wanted to transplant ours due to droopyness on hot days. They are lovely! I adore them in the urns!

This past year I left my hydrangeas in the pot out doors. They looked dead, but regrowth came as soon as Spring showed up. You may not have to plant, then dig up. Your son & his bride look so beautiful together! Congratulations!

I'm interested in the procedure for un-potting the hydrangeas, and putting them in the ground. Do you leave them in the pot in the ground? Lovely, southern idea! I can't wait to see how you "aged" the urns/pots. Gorgeous!